Amazon is Launching a Free Live TV Service, Cord Cutting Causes a Strike In Hollywood, & More

I really like the way Peacock does movies 9n their stream....they stream the ads all at first then you get to enjoy the whole movie ad free after that which is a great way to do it❤

Prime is now GARBAGE! You thought there was nothing on Prime BEFORE? Now it’s ALL garbage — every other line on the home screen is “Free with Ads” for a service WE ALREADY PAY to be ad free?? What a bunch of chiselers. 🤦‍♂️ Might as well cancel Prime, it’s worth less now than it ever was.

My idea of live TV is the news or sporting events. I have been free streaming for over 5 years, as far as l can tell there is no such thing as free streaming ‘live’ TV. You want live, you pay, everything else is canned. Somebody let me know if l’m missing something here.

One last thought is that if you are addicted to CNN MSNBC or any other reputable really reputable News channel you'll still have to pay about 1 to $3 a day just to watch that one channel why is it the live-streamed news happening in the MS is no longer fre??? Huh???

Oh dear God I hope that happen soon because I'm getting sick and tired and broke by giving the streaming companies anywhere from 30 to 100 bucks a month just to watch real news channels in a few good movies not all though.. and why is it that they give away so much Cable in movie information on the streaming services but you can't watch any news channels in livestream unless you pay for 😊 it, it becomes a real detriment to your wallet when you know for a fact the CNN MSNBC and a couple of others are worth hundreds of billions of dollars almost close to a trillion dollars or more and they could give away their lives came from nothing but they're just being greedy!!!!

Paid Roku service is good. 😅😊

I'm NEVER buying another Amazon device again after this Amazon Recast DVR business-- Amazon stopped selling Recast hardware and there's only an email from an Amazon executive to a tech website what their policy is to support hardware with security updates only for a small timeframe. Recast was released in 2018 and Amazon stopped selling them in 2022. For many of us, we bought Recasts in the past 2-3 years, so we bought obsolete devices.

I called Amazon to understand what our options are and Amazon is PLAYING GAMES. I had a customer care rep and a supervisor call the Recast End of Life fake information claiming it's EOL isn't listed on any Amazon site. They are playing legal games because there are consequences for sunsetting or EOLing hardware.

Google recently EOLed Dropcam security cameras and have offered an upgrade path. When I called Google about the EOL, they did the right thing by REPLACING all 8 cameras they killed with MUCH better current Google cameras (they sent me $800 worth of cameras with free shipping). These Dropcams are 12 years old.

Amazon would rather STOP selling products, support security updates for a couple of years, and watch their hardware go to obsolescence. Amazon is playing an attrition game with their hardware. I'm certain they're doing this with FireTVs, Roombas, and ALL of their other Alexa hardware.

Unacceptable.

I have an Alexa smart home and have hundreds of Amazon IOT devices-- Echo, Echo Show, Echo Plugs, FireTVs, FireTV Sticks, Roombas, etc.

These Recasts were basically sunset within 3 years of their launch and Amazon hasn't officially acknowledged a product discontinuation.

I have 2 Recasts (spent $400) for 2 different homes.

It's A GAME, Amazon, and its baloney.

I'm NEVER BUYING another Amazon device again.

How do I put Amazon prime app to the bar that comes on the fire stick menu? Thanks

REAL TALK

I thought it was Jeff Bezos’ self promotion 🤣🤣🤣🤣

All the free services are the same!plus I hate ads,junk tv if you ask me until they add local channels.

will amazon fire tv have ads? and no you are wrong big time the reason I subbed to cable for so long was to skip or avoid ads entirely. There is no other reason to spend tons for a dvr. local ads, and all the pharmaceuticals they have on tv now make me want to barf or take a shower. They are grossest ever.

I like peacock the adds are at the front of the movie not braking it up. And how are all the new apps going to fit on a 4k fire stick?

I just found Tubi, nice app.

Maybe something unheard will be done.
Like people reading books and talking to their neighbors.
Sounds like Science Fiction, doesn’t it?

😆

Tenga in my neck of the woods. Took away our abc station from our cable service. We have it back but if you want to see anything on the abc app in our area live you can’t.

Do they have TLC?

Where have the under $40 streaming packages with Fox, Fox Business, Discover, History, ESPN, Fox Sports gone? All of them are now charging $75 per month. And don't suggest SLING. Sling SUCKS. Almost all liberal democrat news and channels. I'm seriously thinking of getting back on Comcast cable if they'll give me a good internet + TV bundle price.

Yet to see a streaming service free or paid that broadcasts all of MY LOCAL/REGIONAL CHANNELS like a 7 bucks antenna would. The few ones that offer it charge $80 to $120 per month, makes just subscribe back to direct tv, at least for $60 a month I get real tv experience. Cord cutters it's just an illusion, one ends up paying more in the long run.

Plus on the cord you are watching more commercials than you are programming 😆

I sell propane and propane Accessories, I tell you what!

How would this work out for Amazon Firestick and Smart TV users ?

Writers put out crap often laced with political activism. I love the idea of a computer replacing those self-aggrandizing sacks of meat.

cord cutting has been the best decision we made

I recently cut the cord with DISH. There is not enough room here for me to explain why. Signed up for a Verizon.plan.that gives me music, phone, text, mirroring, internet, GPS, email, camera,. Video and the list goes on. I have been trying for 4 months to get DISH to terminate my TV service with them. The employees in India are not very user friendly. I.haven't paid them for the 4 months so that is starting to get their attention.

Cut the cord. Get rabbit ears for free local over the air TV. Select your streaming provider carefully, and save a lot of money. The hell with the striking writers.

Is the Amazon Free Live Service going to be available on the Firestick?

Xfinity changed my ASN number to a different city In my state. I have been wrestling with them for over 2 weeks and cannot get them to do anything. Do you have any advice for me? Please help. I only stream and I have a modem that's all.

Internet out doing y'all's thinking now days everything proven internet causes problem's in the future locking up at all times

If a streaming service doesn't have a DVR it makes no difference to me. I rarely watch anything live.

Cord cutting was a result of people SICK OF ADDS ! Now you suckers are getting back on the " AD'S EVERY TWO MINUTES TRAIN !?" Your all f'n SHEEP ! 🙉🙈🙊🤑

Amazon is bringing back the long-running Australian show Neighbours to FreeVee later this year.

If it doesn't have the Tennis Channel then I don't care.

Good info but talk kinda fast.

I hope the hollywood strike sinks hollywood unless they change their movie/TV programming to more family orientated programming, and no woke garbage, look at the mario movie, it blew the disney movies out of the water, no political agendas

Another issue with the writer's strike is the resistures are much lower because shows are not reran that much much.

I think with writers, there needs to be more quality over quantity. That's a big issue with all this 'content'. They aren't really delivering hit shows. Often getting cancelled after just one season, yet they expect to be kept on

That isn’t “livetv” Its simply 24/7 streaming.

Unfortunately not available in many countries such as Australia, India and New Zealand

With all the crap that’s come out of Hollywood last dozen years or so I think it’s time we look for something new such as AI. Maybe you can do something that these over paid screen writers aren’t doing such as create something that people really want to watch instead of this mindless stupid BS

Vhs tapes out doing y'all's internet now days y internet causes problem's in the future locking up in time everything proven people like myself are fixing a break vhs movies with Scotch tape it starts playing again with out no problem's

The strike is because of cord cutters? 😂😂😂 Sure thing.

Did someone say Free.

I like the free ad supported TV apps. The ads can be jarring though. You don't have the fading transitions before the ad - the ads just start randomly at weird places. Hard to complain considering the price. I think that OTA TV is going to completely disappear within the next few years. They want those frequencies for cell phones. Free, ad supported streaming will replace it.

Not I but thanks anyway

I cut the cord and stop watching TV. Best thing I ever did.

Didn't know you were back. Good to see you.

I guarantee that all "free" services will be bait and switch. Nothing is free. Amazon calls movies they show as "free", omitting the cost of your membership, Safeway and Walmart call delivery free, but only if you pay for their memberships. Yeah, sure, free. Ha